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He broke the land speed record
== Usain Bolt holds the current land speed record. He is the fastest man alive. == Andy Green - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Green
A vehicle called "ThrustSSC" was clocked at 763.035 mph. It was driven by Andy Green at Black Rock Desert USA
RAF Pilot Andy Green driving The thrust SSC REACHED A RECORD SUPER SONIC SPEED OF 1227.986 kph (760.343 mph)
Andy green is the man who broke the land speed record, travelling at 769mph! Thank god he was from Great Britain!
The Trust SSC.
In the modern era of jet powered land speed records, the current holder is Andy Green. He drove a vehicle called "Thrust SSC" to a speed of 760 m. p. h. . The record was set in 1997.
Andy first broke the record on Sept. 25, 1997 at a speed of 714.144. He also went on to be the first man to break the sound barrier at a speed of 763.035 mph on Oct. 15 of the same year.
the record speed is 50 mph or 80kph
Andy Green of world land speed record fame is alive and well and living in England. Many other Andy Greens might well be dead.
In 1987, during qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway, Bill Elliott set the Nascar record with a speed of 212.809.
Photo sensors and chronometers are used to check for the speed. The vehicle breaks the photo sensor beam, and the chronometers record the speeds.